The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Ignorance Although there are many themes expressed in the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has a stronger presence through its continuous, even redundant, display, of himself. Far too often in society, people's lack of knowledge on a given topic causes their opinions and actions to rely strictly on stereotypes created by the masses. This affliction is commonly known as ignorance. This problem is curable, but people need to be open-minded and leave behind their dependence on society's views. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, society's ignorance becomes extremely evident in many parts of the book. Society forms ideals for all walks of life and then lets them become like a stone in their minds. So once a person has been placed in a group, they will stay there forever. Society's ignorance is clearly visible when we look at Huck Finn, Jim the slave, Pap and the senseless violence of the Grangerfords and the Shepardsons. Many people see Huckleberry Finn as a mischievous boy who is a bad influence on others. Society refuses to accept Huck as he is and will not change its opinion of him until he is reformed and civilized. The Widow Douglas and Miss Watson try to "civilize" Huck by making him stop all his habits like smoking, etc. They try to overturn all his teachings from the first twelve years of his life and force him to become their stereotypical good guy. boy. The rest of the town also refused to view him as good and he was considered undesirable. The only time the townspeople can put aside their view of Huck is when there is excitement, like when they all gather on the steamboat to see if the cannons can bring back Huck's body on the surface. Everyone took an interest in him and tried to show that they cared, but it wasn't until afterward that he was presumed dead. They adopt these views to follow society in its ignorance. Few of them would have been interested in Huck before because they didn't know him and didn't want to know him, but since being interested in mysteries was the popular thing to do, society did so. Although Huck is seen in an ignorant light, he was also consistent with this novel and very ignorant himself.